Restrictions
Who sets the rules at the border: EU and national prohibitions and restrictions
Godfried Smit29 Sep 2026
Who sets the rules at the border: EU and national prohibitions and restrictions
The same product can be restricted in one member state and not in another. Member states keep their own measures on public health, weapons, cultural heritage and the environment, and these measures are not on the Integrated EU Prohibitions and Restrictions List. Sanctions are not on it either. DG TAXUD...
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Held at customs: how sectoral rules delay clearance
Eva Cartwright29 Sep 2026
Held at customs: how sectoral rules delay clearance
One missing piece of data required by a sectoral rule is enough to hold goods at the border. The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the F-gas Regulation and the Forced Labour Regulation define terms such as 'importer' and 'representative' differently from the Union Customs Code,...
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PPWR - what applies now and what comes next
Anthony Buckley07 Sep 2026
PPWR - what applies now and what comes next
The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), Regulation (EU) 2025/40, applies across the EU from 12 August 2026, and it reaches further than packaging manufacturers: an importer or distributor who first makes packaged products available in the EU is a 'producer', and 'packaging' covers almost anything sold with an item...
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EU-UK SPS Agreement explained: how regulatory alignment will transform Post-Brexit trade
Zandra Horgan22 Jun 2026
EU-UK SPS Agreement explained: how regulatory alignment will transform Post-Brexit trade
This webinar recording explains the new EU-UK Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement and what it will mean for post-Brexit trade compliance and cost, making it directly relevant to customs and trade compliance professionals handling animal- or plant-origin goods between the UK and the EU. Topics covered: The pre-Brexit single market...
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Trade policy
Waste or resources? Customs perspective
Monika Bielskienė25 Feb 2026
Waste or resources? Customs perspective
This presentation examines how the circular economy is reshaping traditional customs concepts, and is directly relevant to customs and trade compliance professionals dealing with waste, scrap, and used goods. Topics covered: Customs valuation of waste and resources, including the CJEU's "real economic value" doctrine and how it applies differently from...
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Product safety: New General Product Safety RegulationAnthony Buckley31 Mar 2024
Product safety: New General Product Safety Regulation
In this EU Law Update webinar segment, Anthony Buckley (Customs Knowledge Institute) explains the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) and what it means for traders and customs, ahead of its entry into application on 13 December 2024. Topics covered: The Safety Gate network of national product-safety alerts and the...
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UK’s Border Target Operating Model: Impact on trade
Customs Knowledge Institute24 Mar 2024
UK’s Border Target Operating Model: Impact on trade
A practical, on-the-ground review of the UK's Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) roughly two months after the first phase of SPS documentary checks began, relevant to anyone importing or exporting between the EU/Ireland and the UK. Topics covered: The BTOM timeline: launch in August 2023, documentary checks from 31 January...
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BTOM Checklist for movements to GBCustoms Knowledge Institute04 Feb 2024
BTOM Checklist for movements to GB
This webinar from the Customs Knowledge Institute (CKI) gives a practical checklist for businesses moving goods to Great Britain (GB) under the UK's Border Target Operating Model (BTOM), relevant to customs and trade compliance professionals managing EU-GB and Ireland-GB supply chains. Topics covered: The BTOM timeline and its three key...
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UK BTOM CommencesAnthony Buckley21 Jan 2024
UK BTOM Commences
This webinar recording explains the UK Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) — the UK government's plan for phasing in full customs and SPS border controls on EU goods during 2024 — and is highly relevant for anyone exporting to, or importing from, the UK. Topics covered: Background to BTOM: why...
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Non-tariff barriers: Chemicals
Mark Rowbotham29 Oct 2023
Non-tariff barriers: Chemicals
This talk looks at non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in the chemicals sector, a topic of practical relevance for customs and trade compliance professionals dealing with regulated products across borders. Topics covered What non-tariff barriers are and the range of forms they take: labelling requirements, food regulations, chemical regulations, anti-dumping duties, countervailing...
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What the UK Border Target Operating Model means for EU and UK tradeCustoms Knowledge Institute07 Sep 2023
What the UK Border Target Operating Model means for EU and UK trade
Now that the UK's Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) has been officially issued, this webinar is essential viewing for EU exporters, UK importers and their logistics and customs intermediaries preparing for the new border regime, with a dedicated section on the specific implications for trade with Northern Ireland and the...
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When is export of electronic devices... export of waste?
When is export of electronic devices... export of waste?
02 Apr 2023
Your goods could be classified as "waste", subject to export and import restrictions, even though you would never think of them that way — this video shows customs and trade compliance professionals when returned or redundant electronic devices can legally become "waste" under EU law, through a case study built...
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SPS - control of animal and plant productsAnthony Buckley22 Feb 2023
SPS - control of animal and plant products
This lesson explains the EU's sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) control regime for animal and plant products, an area of daily relevance for anyone importing or exporting food, plants, animals or related goods into the EU. Topics covered: The three main SPS categories: animal and animal products, plant and plant products,...
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AGRIM license case (EU import)
AGRIM license case (EU import)
28 Jun 2021
EU importer's goods are already at customs when he learns that the AGRIM license must be presented. What is this license? How to get it? Would you like to learn the answers as well? Watch the video and learn them together with the EU importer, who has to solve the...
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